Project Highlights

Purpose

Harrisburg Transportation Center is being modernized to improve ADA accessibility, accommodate increased ridership, provide passenger amenities, and bring the 1887 station building into a state of good repair.

​Description

The $18 million initiative includes building maintenance and necessary upgrades such as:

Replacing the aging, leaking, and poorly draining station roofs and associated skylights that have reached the end of their serviceable life;

Providing public restroom facilities that are accessible, more energy-efficient, and adequate to meet the needs of a larger customer base;

Improving accessible passenger routes among the public parking areas, adjacent bus shelters, and the station;

Improving passenger flow through the main waiting area and improving retail options and visibility;

Enhancing customer amenities in the concourse area and increasing seating opportunities with convenient work and social areas for a diversity of customers;

Improving the meeting space for visitors and occupants of the Observation Room; and

Improving commercial office space on the second and third floors of the station by providing larger offices, improved HVAC systems, and technology upgrades.

In a separate but related effort to improve ADA accommodation, Amtrak in 2016 installed a ramp from the lobby to the passenger bridge waiting area, and installed an elevator from the passenger bridge to platform level.

Status​

Design of the station state-of-good-repair improvements is slated to be completed by mid-2018, with work expected to go out to bid later ​in 2018 pending agreements.

​Funding Partners

Improvements are being led by PennDOT with additional funding by Amtrak, the City of Harrisburg, and the Harrisburg Redevelopment Authority. ​